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Home » Press Releases » American Cancer Society CAN: Public health advocates thank Governor Evers for vetoing tobacco bars bill
MADISON, Wis., –Dec. 5, 2025– “Today, we thank Governor Evers for keeping Wisconsin’s smoke-free air law strong. Assembly Bill 211 was not a niche “cigar bar” bill. It was far more comprehensive and would have allowed the use of cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah, and brown cigarettes in taverns again. This bill would have moved Wisconsin in the wrong direction and would have created a significant looph...